Baked Pears and Amaretti, By John Bernard Myer

Name: Baked Pears and Amaretti, By John Bernard Myer
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 8 hard Bosc pears; 8 teaspoons brown sugar; 8 tablespoons butter, room temperature; 16 amaretti (Italian almond cookies); 1/2 cup heavy cream

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Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings

8hard Bosc pears
8teaspoons brown sugar
8tablespoons butter, room temperature
16amaretti (Italian almond cookies)
½cup heavy cream

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Preparation

Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step 2
Core the pears, leaving the skins on.
Step 3
Mix the sugar and butter together and spoon into the cavities.
Step 4
On a large baking dish make eight aluminum foil ''wells'' and place a pear in each. This will stop the butter mixture from running out of the cavities. Place the baking dish in a shallow pan of water. Bake the pears one hour.
Step 5
Place the cookies on a breadboard and crush finely, using a rolling pin or a thick glass.
Step 6
To serve, arrange the pears in a serving dish and sprinkle with crushed amaretti. Pass the cream separately.